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Title: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: BDA on Tuesday,January 19, 2021, 07:03:50 PM: EuropaTC sent me this link to the Lotus West Tech Manual. Lotus West was a Lotus club in California that has since disbanded, and they collected a lot of information and tips for owners (from what I gather, mostly Europa and Elan centric) that wasn't readily available at the time. I've looked at it only briefly so I can't say if how much, if any, is out of date, but I suspect there should be some interesting information there.

http://lionheartsolutions.com/lotus/LotusWest/

Click on the picture of the manual and you'll get a Forward and links to the table of contents and index.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: jbcollier on Tuesday,January 19, 2021, 07:34:50 PM: Lots of Lotus West stuff here as well:

http://www.lotus-europa.com/manuals/index.htm
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: Bainford on Wednesday,January 20, 2021, 08:54:30 AM: Thanks guys. BDA, I bookmarked the site, though I haven't time to peruse the manual just now. Looks like an interesting resource.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: dakazman on Wednesday,January 20, 2021, 10:26:18 AM: Another good source .🔧🔧😂. Enjoy!

https://www.gglotus.org/ggtech/ggtech.htm

Dakazman
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: literarymadness on Wednesday,January 20, 2021, 12:06:36 PM: Thanks BDA! :beerchug:
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: Kendo on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 02:46:59 PM: Reading the Lotus West article in 54MC066_1973LotusClinicAnnual_Europa.pdf, they have a note that might interest some of you.

"Factory approved air conditioner for the Europa Twin-Cam. It uses a rotary compressor which drives off the water pump pully, not the camshaft.

Coolaire MFG Corp.
10400 S.W. 187th Street
Miami, Florida"

Probably way out of date, but someone might find it interesting.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: BDA on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 03:38:09 PM: That was the “official” A/C for Europas. I think they were dealer installed.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: TurboFource on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 03:43:52 PM: I have an original brochure from them.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: Kendo on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 05:20:56 PM: Is this the same company? If so, the dropped an 'e'.

https://www.coolair.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=AboutUs&category=Main (https://www.coolair.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=AboutUs&category=Main)
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: BDA on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 05:41:46 PM: No idea but I wouldn’t be surprised if Coolaire Mfg. Corp. was a niche producer and no longer exists.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: literarymadness on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 07:15:33 PM: @ Kendo: Different Company. Coolaire went out of business in 1975. There is a guy in Sebring, Fl that bought his unused parts and sells them on eBay. These docs might shed some light on the TCS A/C option. Evidently spelling Porsche was whole other issue.
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: jbcollier on Friday,January 22, 2021, 02:40:19 AM: (https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-MzcBspr/0/ab8bdd59/X2/coolaire1-X2.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-4rQ5GQx/0/b38b878e/X2/coolaire2-X2.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-s6kqJWm/0/8568e61c/X2/coolaire3-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: A new source of Europa Information
Post by: Lou Drozdowski on Friday,January 22, 2021, 06:11:50 AM: Quote from: BDA on Thursday,January 21, 2021, 03:38:09 PM
That was the “official” A/C for Europas. I think they were dealer installed.

I can confirm it was a dealer installed option...

When I purchased 3307r it had the same cool-aire system installed. I removed the entire system and sold it as a used kit.